Velocipede



2 Sheets-Sheet 2. E. E. SELL.

AVELOGIPBDE.

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Patented Sept. so, 1884..h

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Unirse STATES EDGAR E. SELL, OE CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

VELOCIPEDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,968, datedSeptember 30, 1884.

Application filed March 10, 1884.

To all whom t may con/cern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR E. SELL, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Charleston, South Carolina, have invented certainImprovements in Velocipedes, of which the following is a specication.

The object of my invention is to so construct the frame of a bicyclethat it can be hitched to a separate wheeled frame to form a tricycle orother vehicle, and this object I attain in the manner hereinafter setforth, reference be-4 ing had to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is aside view of a bicycle constructed in accordance with myinvention; Fig. 2, a side view showing the same coupled to a separatewheeled frame to form a tricycle; Fig. 3, Sheet 2, a plan view of thetricyle, and Figs. #t and 5 views of other forms of attachment to thebicycle-frame.

A is the frame of the bicycle; B, the large or driving wheel, withtreadles of any desired pattern, and D the small or steering wheel,arranged in the present instance in front of the large wheel, andcarried by the forked lower end of an inclined bar, E, which is adaptedto bearings in eyes a a on the frame A, and is furnished at the upperend with a On the lower portion of the frame is another eye, d, and atthe top of the frame is a nut, c, for the reception of the innerthreaded end of a rod, f, which has at the outer end an eye, d, the rodbeing of such a length that when screwed into its place the eye d willbe vertically in line with the eye d. The rod jf may, if desired, form apermanent part of theframe, although it is preferable to make itdetachable. When the frame is constructed in this manner it isavailablefor use as part of the frame of a tricycle or other vehicle. Thus inFigs. 2 and 3 the frame A is coupled to the frame F, which has lopposite wheels G, a crank-sh aft, H, from which said wheels are driven,and a seat, J, for an additional rider or riders, the whole forming atricycle capable of seating three persons, all of whom may contributeAto the propulsion of the vehicle, the shaft I-I being furnished wit-hclutches, however, so that it can be thrown out of gear when its use forpropulsion is not required. In this case the steering-bai1 E and framesl of different characters.

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| the small wheel Dof the bicycle are removed,

and the frames A and F are pivoted together by means of a bolt, g,adapted to the eyes d d of the frame A, and to eyes m m on the frame F.The latter frame has a steering-handle, K, projecting rearward, so as tobe within easy reach of the occupant of the seat h of the frame A, andby means of this handle the pivoted connection between the two framesmay be defiected laterally, so as tocause the frames to assume oppositeangles and thus cause the steering of the velocipede.

Vhere an ordinary tricyele without the additional driving wheel, B, isrequired, the steeringbar E may be applied to the eyes m, the handle Kbeing detached.

The frame A may be coupled to wheeled For instance, in Fig. 4 I haveshown a box or receptacle, M, mounted on wheels, and constructed forbeing coupled to the frame A, so as to form a light delivery-wagon, noris it necessary that a wheeled frame should always be employed, as theframe A with its drivingwheel B may be used as a means of propelling asleigh, N, as shown in Fig. 5, said sleigh being constructed in such amanner as to permit ofthe coupling of the frame A thereto in the mannerabove described.

I'Vhere the frame A and its wheel B are used in combination with asleigh, the latter should have a claw-brake, a, in order to retard orstop the same, as a brake on the wheel B is not effective for thispurpose, but simply 4renders the wheel a runner which slides with thesleigh over the ice. The sleigh should also have a tootheddriving-wheel, l?, operated by a suitable system of treadles andgearing, so that the occupants of the sleigh Inay aid in starting thesame, one or both ends of the axle of the said wheel I) being undercontrol of a lever, Q, so that the wheel lnay be lifted clear of the icewhen its use is not required.

An ordinary bicycle may have eyes d d pro jecting in the rear of theframe, to be coupled by a rod, g, to eyes m m on a trailing frame, F, orinstead of eyes on both frames hooks on one frame may be adapted to eyeson the other,

or short bolts adapted to the eyes may be usedinstead of the single longbolt g.

I claim as my invention- IOO l. The Combination ol the frame A of :Lbicycle, lia-ving a rearwardly projecting portion, with eyes d d, with asupplementary Vehiele having a frame, F, with eyes m m, and with means,substantially as described, Whereby said eyes m m are Coupled to theeyes l d, as set forth.

2. The combination of the future A, projeeting in front of thedrivingwvheel B, the supplement-ary frame F, having it steeringhandle,K, and means for coupling said frames A and F together, as set forth.

3; The combination of the bioyeleframe A, Constructed for being coupledto a supple mentmy frame, F, with the steering-bar E, carrying the smellwheel D of the bieyele, and detachable from the frame A, as set forth.

el. The Combination ofthe fiume A, having the lower eye, d, with the rodj', det-aehably connected to the upper part of the frame, and having` aueye, (71, as set forth.

5. The combination of the frame A, having;

eyes d d, the frame F, having eyes m m, and

EDGAR E. SELL.

Ntnessesz B. E. BoNNorir, J` H.. SELL.

